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He ended his speech by saying, "And finally ... the one I love, babe - I am coming home".

Mr Gilmore's statement in the House came after his resignation on Sunday night, after earlier telling media he would not resign.

In a statement issued on Sunday, he said on reflection it would be fairer on his family and close friends if he did step aside.

Last week emails were released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment showing Mr Gilmore had sent inappropriate emails.

Just yesterday threatening text messages surfaced.

Blogger Cameron Slater posted a picture of one of the text messages allegedly sent by Mr Gilmore to an unnamed person which said: "Utu - you should learn what it means."

Utu is Maori for revenge or payback.

One of the text messages was sent to lawyer Andrew Riches, who wrote an apology to the Hanmer hotel where Mr Gilmore originally behaved badly by insulting a barman and threatening him with losing his job.

Mr Riches also released a public statement which accused the MP of misleading the Prime Minister's office.